Friday, September 20, 2013

POETRY FRIDAY: It’s Apple Pickin’ Time

Every fall my husband and I make the drive up to
Flat Rock, North Carolina and visit Sky Top Orchard with our boys. We’ve
been taking this annual trip since we moved to the Carolinas from Texas in
2008, and it’s something we look forward to every year. We all enjoy hiking
through the orchard and picking our own apples, and my boys love reaching for
the highest, ripest, most perfect fruits.

Sky Top Orchard is a true Carolina Treasure, and
this is evident in its growing popularity.Every year the crowds get bigger and the line for their hot, fresh apple
donuts gets longer. This year we made it to Sky Top before the line got too
long and devoured a dozen between the four of us in about an hour. (The donuts
alone make the 2-hour drive worth every minute!)

As I was walking through the orchard enjoying the
cool mountain air, I started brainstorming a September Poetry Friday post that
would incorporate our family’s day at Sky Top. I hope you enjoy it, and ALL of
the fruits of this lovely fall season!

Apple Pickin’ Time

by Becky Shillington

Crispy, firm, crunchy, sweet

Apples are a treat to eat

Red and green, big and small

We love to pick them every fall

Gala, Mutsu, Red Delicious,

Honeycrisp—good AND nutritious

Tangy, tart, juicy—CRUNCH—

We take a bite and then we MUNCH!

Ben and Will get their pictures taken every year by this tree!

For more information about Sky Top Orchard, please visit their website at www.skytoporchard.com. They have a barnyard, pond, store, picnic/play area, and more!

Love the poem! And Honeycrisps are my absolute fav apple. Also the caramel apples they sell in the stores this year are my weakness. I bought some last week that were covered w/sprinkles. And I ate them all by myself...